Alexis Bellino Says the ‘Truth’ of John Janssen and Shannon Beador Settlement Wasn’t Shown on ‘RHOC’ (Exclusive)

Alexis Bellino is sharing her perspective on fiancé John Janssen‘s lawsuit against Shannon Beador.

On the Thursday, September 12, episode of Real Housewives of Orange County, Beador, 60, initially said she would give Janssen, 62, half of the $75,000 she allegedly borrowed for a facelift. However, she changed her mind after finding out that he has videos of her from the night of her September 2023 DUI accident. She then offered to pay him everything if he agreed to a non-disparagement clause, which he refused.

Now, Bellino, 47, is explaining why Janssen didn’t accept Beador’s offer.

“Once again, the truth wasn’t told in that moment,” Bellino exclusively claimed to Us Weekly ahead of this week’s episode. “She wanted to not pay him the full amount. It was, I believe, a small down payment and then monthly installments, which he was not going to do. He doesn’t want to have to get a monthly installment from his ex.”

Touching on the non-disparagement clause Beador proposed, Bellino continued, “What a lot of people don’t consider is [that] we’d been filming at this point for three or four months and by the time the show airs, it would’ve been another seven or eight months. So any new lies that she would’ve wanted to concoct or bring out, he would’ve had a muzzle and never been to speak the truth. So there’s a lot more to it.”

The Bravo personality went on to tell Us that the timing of the lawsuit isn’t as suspicious as RHOC fans may think, as Janssen “had two days” before the statute of limitations on the suit expired. (In California, the deadline for breach of oral contract is two years from the date the contract was broken.)